Home of Multiple Occupation Q: Our property is a four-storey detached Victorian house, divided into four self-contained flats. The basement flat has its own entrance. The three other flats have a common entrance (the original front door of the house) and share the entrance lobby and original staircase to the upper floors. The basement flat …
Hostile Meetings Q: I live in a Victorian house converted into four flats and am secretary of our company. For about 10 years I have done all the work for the company, including organising our meetings. I always ask the other three directors what they want to put on the agenda and type it up …
Home of Multiple Occupation Q: Our property is a four-storey detached Victorian house, divided into four self-contained flats. The basement flat has its own entrance. The three other flats have a common entrance (the original front door of the house) and share the entrance lobby and original staircase to the upper floors. The basement flat …
AGMs and Electric Car Charging Q: Could you clarify how residents can request inclusion on an RMC GM agenda of items for discussion and resolutions to be voted on: Can residents simply request the items to be added or is there a process that needs to be followed, if so what is it? Can RMC …
Q: We enfranchised in 2001 and so have acquired some experience of running the flats having employed a managing agent almost immediately. For some years now, in order to keep down costs, one of our directors (initially voluntarily and later with a small remuneration of £400 pa) has tested the emergency lighting, replaced faulty light …
Q: When we enfranchised seven years ago, 12 of our 30 flats were owner-occupied. The figure is now four, and set to reduce. We face a real problem of finding volunteer directors. We remember reading something about this in the FPRA literature a couple of years ago, and wonder whether any of FPRA’s members have …